RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958): Sir John in Love.

Description: With the 1974 EMI and 2001 Chandos releases the only other recordings ever of this work, there’s room for this historical broadcast which has the baritone who created the role of Falstaff in the opera’s professional premiere in April of 1946 (two other cast members here were in the BBC relay of Acts 2 and 3 broadcast a month later). 2 CDs. Libretto included. Roderick Jones (baritone), April Cantelo (soprano), Pamela Bowden (contralto), James Johnston (tenor), Sadler’s Wells Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra; Stanford Robinson (broadcast Feb. 12-13, 1956. mono).